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EvanR
06-18-2009, 12:13 AM
I'm Evan, I live in Las Vegas, NV, USA and I have an '84 245 GL with M46.

Jason
06-18-2009, 04:08 AM
Hi Folks,
my screen name is pretty self explanatory, my name is Jason, and I'm in St.Louis Mo. I'm working on buying a 84 760 D24T with the ZF22L auto that I cant find any info about. Yes, I started this forum before I even have the car... Its kinda tough to find them anywhere in the midwest!

I'm the service manager at Archway Import Auto here in St.Louis, Mo. I'm also a machinest and engine builder. I do everything from air cooled vw engines to diesels.


I'm the owner/administrator of the forum and am always interested to hear suggestions on ways to improve it. In fact, it was Even's idea (posted above) to have a member introductions area.

Jason

v8volvo
06-18-2009, 04:27 AM
I'm George (v8volvo), have a 1985 745 with the D24T/M46 combo. Live in Seattle, WA; just drove the car here from Boston, MA. My daily driver is a 1981 VW Rabbit diesel, same engine minus two cylinders and the turbo.

I have most of the factory tools and some of the books pertaining to the D24T and am happy to help anyone in the Pacific Northwest area with service on their Volvo diesel that requires those items.

Jason
06-18-2009, 04:59 AM
Wow that was one hell of a drive... Did you buy the car in MA?

Welcome to the forum.

Jason

v8volvo
06-18-2009, 05:18 AM
I was living in MA the last 4 years (was in school back there). Bought the car in Maine, spent a few months fixing it up, graduated, and drove it out west.

2 years ago I drove my Rabbit from Seattle to Boston, then from Boston to Denver, to LA, to San Francisco, and finally back to Seattle. Compared to that, driving a nice cushy Volvo from Boston to Seattle felt like a walk in the park.

Thanks for getting this set up! :-)

Jason
06-18-2009, 06:09 AM
Wow thats alot of time in a Rabbit diesel... You are hard core!

Jason

cuaz64
06-18-2009, 04:01 PM
My name is Nery, from Guatemala, I have a 740 '88 in repairing phase, and I'm considering a Diesel swap.

77volvo245
06-18-2009, 05:18 PM
My name is Taylor I live in Portland Oregon. I own three 240s that run on petro and my Biodiesel burring 1985 264 Diesel.

Eli
06-18-2009, 06:41 PM
Hey everybody,

Some of you dieselers may know me already, I recognize some of you. My name is Eli, and I have been into D24s for about 5 years. I bought my first when I was 17 and I have been hooked ever since. I have owned 3 D24/D24t powered cars and have had up to two extra engines rolling around.

Currently I have a 1982 245GL Diesel. with the D24+M46 drive train with 415k on it.

I am also working on swapping a D24T+ic and an M46 into a rust free 1979 245, this car will be my pride and joy. :) I am very excited about it.

I am looking forward to having this forum as a resource, and getting to know all of you better. I thought the email list was great, but I prefer the forum setup.

Thanks Jason!

-Eli

Jason
06-18-2009, 06:59 PM
Where are you located? I'm assuming its the east coast or PNW, cause there is no way you would have had 3 D24 powered cars around my area! I have been looking for one for a couple years! Hell I have never even SEEN one driving around or parked anywhere, in my LIFE!

Jason

Slobodan
06-21-2009, 08:37 AM
Hello, my name is Kevin, I live in Portland, Oregon. I have tons of Diesel parts and knowledge. I may not have all the diesel tools, but my dad can make a tool for me. hah. I've got '79 Yellow wagon with a D24TIC (12psi) + M46 IPD sway bars, bio powered, and VOXX 17" rims. I've also got an '83 245 white D24 + M46 that I am fixing to sell.

Josh
06-29-2009, 12:23 AM
Hihi, my name is Josh. I'm from Portland, Oregon as well! I have an 86 740GLE TD Wagon + Auto(fail)matic. Been looking for a diesel volvo site for quite a while, glad to have found this one :D! Looking forward to learning more about volvos as I go!

Jason
06-29-2009, 05:53 PM
Welcome aboard!

Jason

BasinD24
07-01-2009, 09:59 PM
Joel here, Klamath Falls, OR 82 244GL D24/M46 165K in need of paint, interior, and possibly a glow plug relay and timing belt change!

oregon101
07-05-2009, 02:18 PM
Hi! Just registered and bought a 84 760 3 weeks ago. I'm in Salem Oregon.:)

reed
07-07-2009, 06:09 AM
Wow are all of you from Oregon? Hippies!

Jason
07-07-2009, 06:29 AM
I was thinking the same thing, everyone is from the PNW! I'm in the midwest so I guess that makes me a hoosier!

Reed where are you from?

Jason

reed
07-07-2009, 07:38 AM
Southeast. But not a redneck.

oregon101
07-12-2009, 08:00 PM
What is wrong with rednecks!:D

reed
07-13-2009, 06:43 AM
I just don't want any hippies to stereotype me.

Jason
07-13-2009, 07:11 PM
Well you are doing it to them... :rolleyes:

IceV_760
07-14-2009, 10:53 AM
Uh somehow i found my way to these forums.
Running 760 d24t(ic ( doing conversion in few weeks by using
all-alumimium "chinese"-model intercooler ))
on Finland, 145'000 miles on it.
Going to look these forums actively and add information always i find something interesting. So far- lazy smoker and polices favourit.

Oh, late edit, noticed jasons sign about m46.
Im running original assembled d24t+m46 setup ;)

cuaz64
07-14-2009, 07:17 PM
Uh somehow i found my way to these forums.
Running 760 d24t(ic ( doing conversion in few weeks by using
all-alumimium "chinese"-model intercooler ))
on Finland, 145'000 miles on it.
Going to look these forums actively and add information always i find something interesting. So far- lazy smoker and polices favourit.

Welcome to the board!

Jason
07-15-2009, 09:57 PM
Welcome to the forum! I may one up you, and install a M47 in my car!!!

Jason

Sapelo Rover
08-02-2009, 05:47 PM
Great to find a D24T forum. I've been looking at the D24T as a great option for a couple of projects. So, I'll post a couple of questions on the general board shortly.

A little bit on who am I: I've just moved to Nebraska, and the spousal unit said it was cool to find a house with a good sized shop, she calls it the "Man-Cave." A 40x50 shop with a smooth cement floor is something I have never had, wooo hooo !! I worked for my dad in his auto shop until I left for college in the early 80's, did tune-ups, clutches and brakes on bunches of rabbit diesels, I had an 1983 Volvo 240GL wagon for many years (gasser), drove an 85 Mercedes 300D for a while, still have it but it needs a lot of suspension, electrical work, and a valve job. I have a 76 MB 240D, which is still faster than the VW buses I've owned. The MB OM616 (that is Oel Motor type 616) is a sweet engine - 2.4L NA, 68 HP, I think I read that MB has a 240D in its museum with 2.8 million miles on it.

So ... I got this $100 Porsche 924 from my neighbor and noted that the D24 or better the D24T might - kinda - just bolt right in ....:rolleyes:

Jason
08-02-2009, 08:05 PM
Welcome, should be an interesting project!

Jason

m-reg
08-15-2009, 09:37 AM
hi new member from uk,d24 not too common over here either only seen 2 in last year and bought one of them! -95 940 wagon 183k miles and still rolling done 1200 miles in last three weeks only problem so far is rear light bodged by the last guy

Jason
08-15-2009, 01:39 PM
Thanks for joining up and welcome.

Jason

rostapher16
08-26-2009, 10:28 AM
Hey, I'm in Athens, GA and I have an '83 760 GLE with many "quirks" like a blown head gasket, faulty turbo, fuel gauge and odom that do not work and the weirdest oil drain you've probably ever seen. I've had the fuel injection pump rebuilt and put a new radiator in it as well. Needless to say, I'll be posting and asking questions on the repair threads. Nice to find this site. I've had my 760 for about 3 years now. I'm also on the Bajaj scooter forum in case there's any d24t/bajaj crossover!

Jason
08-27-2009, 06:08 AM
Hi and welcome, you are the closest D24 to me so far, I'm in St.Loius Mo.

Jason

rostapher16
08-27-2009, 03:48 PM
you are the closest D24 to me so far, I'm in St.Loius Mo.

Jason

Great :D that's only a 650 mile, 9-10 hour drive up the road. Btw, thanks for your reply Jason.

Jason
08-27-2009, 07:03 PM
Well there are very few out there, if you read through the rest of the thread, everyone is from the PNW or the east coast it seems, with one guy in AZ.

Jason

EvoStevo
08-27-2009, 09:43 PM
Well there are very few out there, if you read through the rest of the thread, everyone is from the PNW or the east coast it seems, with one guy in AZ.

Jason

I guess I must've missed this thread. I'm in Southern California. I've only ever seen two other Volvo diesels around here (both 240s, oddly enough).

MRDART
09-05-2009, 02:18 PM
Hi everyone! Greetings from sweden!
Nice to have a forum for the very nice no electronics D24t engine!
I´ve been running diesels all my adult life, and right know I am into my 4th d24 engined car a 944 with d24tic and m46 mods so far:
Lowered suspension
3" exhaust all the way from the turbo
Boost gauge (reads about 20 psi)
Turned in max fuel screw
Electric cooling fan

Mods to come:
Fully overhauled engine
Bigger turbo
Modified pump mostly boost pin adjustment and centrifugalregulator adjustment
That is really all you need

Jason
09-07-2009, 01:21 PM
Welcome!


Jason

lalozf
09-19-2009, 01:37 PM
Hello from Spain, I was looking a long time about d24t info and now is gathered here, thanks.
Now it is time to read:)

m-reg
09-19-2009, 03:14 PM
wish I had one of them man caves

ipdown
09-27-2009, 12:43 PM
Hi guys, I am from Bulgaria, own a rare '93 960 B204FT (2.0 16V turbo), and from yesterday a '86 740 D24T :)

Jason
09-28-2009, 06:50 AM
Welcome, we have really been adding many new members from Europe!

Jason

IceV_760
09-28-2009, 08:29 AM
Welcome, we have really been adding many new members from Europe!

Jason

Nothing to do with the fact at there are alot more of these engines than in USA.
People want to get rid of their boring redblocks..
And suffer immense pain trying to tune greenblock^^

margus84
11-11-2009, 03:46 AM
Hello to you all from Estonia!

I am a relatively new owner of Volvo 945 D24TIC ´94. My third car was a diesel and Volvo is my third diesel since that. I am still putting my car in proper condition and If that is done, some tuning will follow.

I apologise now and for my further posts about typing errors. I just never studied english.

Margus

IceV_760
11-11-2009, 05:36 AM
Welcome!

Nice to get new members near Finland.
Hope you find help there for thing and another.

And about typing: ive proven they dont care about it- atleast not in forum,
tho with eyes of my soul i can see them screaming on their comps ripping their hair^^

Jason
11-13-2009, 05:27 AM
Estonia! I really never immagined that I would end up with members from so many places overseas! This is great...

Margus, please post up a couple pics of your D24Tic car! I'm guessing you have the M90 trans that we all wish we could have!

Welcome to the forum!

Jason

margus84
11-15-2009, 11:02 PM
Thanks for nice welcome, Jason and IceV_760.

Sorry to dissapoint you, Jason, but my car has M46. I havent any nice-looking pictures made myself. I saw in this forum a thread about europeans walking more and using public transport. I am one of them :D. My Volvo is mostly for weekends what makes it a hobby, not routine.

If the weather is nice this weekend (only 7 hours of daylight this time of year), I will make some pictures and a thread in this forum.

ngoma
11-18-2009, 10:12 AM
Caxambu in Seattle, just purchased 85 740gle, solid maint. records, in fact going back to first owner in Phoenix June 1985!

Jason
11-19-2009, 06:07 AM
Sounds like a nice ride! Welcome to the forum.

Jason

NO_SPRK
01-07-2010, 10:17 PM
hi my name is don and i just bought a 1985 740gle turbo diesel automatic. its my first volvo but not my first diesel. right now i also have a 91 dodge cummins thats bombed out. it runs good. just tweaking with it right now, tuning it up. flushed all the fluids and replaced some boost, injector overflow lines, blah blah blah

Jason
01-08-2010, 04:46 AM
Welcome.
You'l the Volvo sounds just like your cummins once you get rid of the exhaust! One of the reasons I love this car. I just sold my 92 D-250... First gen Dodges are great trucks, I've had 6 myself!

Jason

Grubby
01-18-2010, 05:05 PM
Hi,
I'm Abe, and volv8 referred me here. I have a D24T motor that has been modified to fit in a 240 series car (intake, oil pan, engine mounts are modified). But....I have a gas M46 transmission and a spare diesel bell housing that I want to use. I recently found out that the output shafts are different sizes in the gas vs diesel transmissions. I'm here at the forum for guidance in making these two work together. So I'm going to do some searching now.
I am also looking for throttle cable spools for my motor because it didn't come with them.
Any help would be appreciated!
THanks,
Abe

jpliddy
01-31-2014, 12:47 PM
hi all members just like to say hello
i have had my d24 tdi 14 years now 211800 miles its been a loyal servant
I've done quite a few jobs myself on the car . brakes/ radiator/rear shocks nivomats/ front and rear discs/ new steering wheel/new dash circuit board/ brake fluid/ coolant. and plenty of small jobs too .
i live in staffordshire England .
this is the 1st diesel car I've owned I've had 3 240 model volvos before this car
regards j.p.liddy

RedArrow
02-01-2014, 11:32 AM
hi all members just like to say hello

Very nice to see you here with a d24 tdi :)

I hope you`ll share your stories, pictures and/or problems here so we all help each other to keep these survivor beasts on the road.

HAPPY DIESELING!